mainly Personal F. tS. Dc Haven, ex-horticultural commissioner of Riverside county, with h'nt brother, J. K. De Haven, ha* built a lniiM' a mill* &amp;lt;*.i&amp;lt;%t of Illur Lake, where the latter will reside with hi» family while cultivating the laml owned by the brother**. Another of the Kehkoph brother* ha» arrived from lowa with hittfatuily to nrttlr on Imperial laud near the land of A. 11. and W. G. Kehkoph. who have become well known ncttlrrs in thin vicinity. Wilier and MissMariraret Clark ami their father have arrived from I«&amp;lt;»* Angelc* and pitched their tent on .O» acre* of land southwest of Imperial^ which they secured aotne time aince. Mr. Clark ha% been a clerk in I***-* Angeles and his »i»ter a teacher in the L&amp;lt;&amp;gt;» Angeles schools. The father. Judge Clark, presided over the Superior Court ofTulare county a number of Years ago, and wan instrumental in ending an era of lavrlesness which had existed for »everal yearn. 11. C. Oakle...

Addition to Store Imperial Mercantile coniphnv has built an addition to its store building in Imperial, as a tcni|M»rary provision for increasing the stock, pending the building of a new store on the corner of Imperial avenue and Kighth street.

Building Third Dredge California Development Coinpan building dredge No. 3at the head *&amp;gt;i the canal for use in construct! ngv the main canal s, and work wilt thus. lk* made to move much more rapidly.

Bank Cqaipment The safe of the First National Hank of Imperial arrived Wednesday, ami other material in on the way. It i% impossible 1 to net the day for beginning business until pa|&amp;gt;er* arrive from Washington.

COUNTY OF IMPERIAL Tho Imperial correspondent of tho I. &amp;lt;&amp;gt;n Angelcß Kxprrnn fmyn: "One year ago there wore but flv«' men on the tract who had been bore for a year, hut the population at prencut In probably not far from 1000, ami moat of these enumerated consider themselves] permanent nettlers. "It In believed that the population Ih growing at the rate of from five to ten prrnonn a day ami that before Hprlng there will t *•• In the neighborhood of f»ooo people here, the arrivals being more nujnoroUS as tho water Ir mure widely 'distributed/ 1 An Increase in the population of ten per day — mostly by Immigrationwould give 36C0 additional people In a year If the rate of Increase were not enlarged. This condition of affairs raises the question of the formation of a new county at tho next session of the Legislature in January, 1003. The preparatory work along that line must be done prior to general election In November. 1902. Imperial will havo a vigorous voice In el...

A Town With No Saloon. It Is rather a remarkable coincidence that In a settlement of this character, where there are many people coming In every day, no one has yet seen on the street* of Imperial a man showing tho effects of drink. It Iwih been a long time since a town was built on tho frontier in which a bank, a church, a school house and a newspaper wert» established before thero was a saloon. It tieems to bo generally underHtood that tho towns of tho Imperial tract are to havo no saloons, and that tends to draw a class of people who a r«» not In sympathy with them. — Imperial Correspondent of San Diego Union.

ARGUING FOR STATE DIVISION. The iiewnpnprrN of Southern California may not deem It politic to nrKun for Ktxtte division, and they nil recognize that dlvUlon In not likely to materialize In thr&amp;gt; mar future. Hut we believe that alrnont without exception they favor It And vvvry once In a while some editor breakn out with an argument In favor of the proposition. Abbott Klnney'B Saturday Kvonltiß Post Is the latent. It says that "From the report of Htate Controller K. P. Colgan, recently pubUnited, the following figures are taken to show bow well Southern California mm a separate State could support o government on the present levy of 48 cents on each $100 of valuation. The counties mentioned ore those Included In the new Htatn by the Pico law, except the south half of Kern. Total value of Counties. All Property. Los Angeles $103,328,904 Orange 11.245.544 Riverside 12.248,309 San Hornardlno 1f1.116,149 San Diego 19.961,959 San Luis Oblspo 12.313.984 Santa Barbara 13.9C9.8G8 Ve...

HEADED FOR LOS ANGELES. A dispatch from Los Angeles to the Ix)8 Angeles Times, dated November 0, says: "Humors continue to fly regarding building projects for the Hock Island. It is now stated that the Moores and their allied Interests in the Hock Island have determined to extend from Xl Paso to Los Angeles, an old rumor being that the company was going to San Diego. •It is asserted that on a recent trip of officials and directors over the system, Moores and Leeds came to the conclusion that the Los Angeles proposition is a good one. The officials of the company do not deny the Los Angeles project quite as strenuously as they do the San Diego proposition."

World Wide Repute. The Imperial project is not only adding an Immense area to the arable land of Southern California. It is opening the way for a new Industry, that of cattle raising, and thus Is rounding out more fully the resources of this great land, already possessed of n world-wide repute for its productiveness.—Los Angeles Saturday Post.

PRESS CLIPPINGS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXCHANGES ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE IMPERIAL SETTLEMENTS. THE PRESS CAN FIND ROOM UNDER THIS HEADING FOR ONLY A FEW OF THE SHORTER NOTICES DAILY CLIPPED FROM EXCHANGES, LONGER ARTICLES ARE TREATED SEPARATELY. Flcxkinp Into the Country. People nrf fltvklnp into the country fnmi all mitoan of i^outhcrn California, nnd at the jiro*rnt rate *&amp;lt;Mrral thousand nmn will In* under cultUatun in n fc« months. Tho canal «&amp;gt;»• trm of tho Imperial company i» Mnj: extended ft* faM a» po*MM&amp;lt;\ It hat D w reached the eld bed Of the Now Hirer and through that channel tho water* have brf-n carried to I'aluua l^iko. Tho company has a great abundance of water and can readily supply several tlrnm the prrf-rnt amount when the facilities for handling it hare been completed.— San Diego Tribune. Tempt PeopU Invcstijjjif.nj:. Two car laid!* of cow* belonpinp to P. T. I lan la were today wnt out by special train. Mr. Ilacta Is now located ne...

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